Funding search
Find who already funds work like yours.
Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “pottery”
Where the money went
Largest: $490,000 to NORTH CAROLINA POTTERY CENTER — art & culture
Largest: $28,000 to DALLAS POTTERY INVITATIONAL — dallas pottery invitational serves more than 500 individuals while providing 13 artists to sell over 900 functional ceramic vessels.
Arts and Humanities Council of MontgomerSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $112,000 · through 2024Largest: $46,750 to GLEN ECHO POTTERY INC — general operating support
Largest: $25,000 to PEWABIC POTTERY — program support
Largest: $50,000 to PEWABIC POTTERY — provide art/culture to underserved
Largest: $15,000 to GREENWICH HOUSE POTTERY — donee's exempt purpose
Detroit Industrial SchoolGrosse Pointe Farms, MI
3 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to Pewabic Pottery — distribution to a qualified charity
Petoskey-Harbor Springs AreaPetoskey, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $203,230 · through 2022Largest: $196,480 to PETOSKEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS — watercolor crayons and pottery glazes for ms. lisa keene's art classes/annual athletic sponsor/$5,000.00 phs athletics match; pms sign $2,138.00/for petoskey high school - maple sy…
Largest: $20,000 to PEOPLE'S POTTERY PROJECT (VIA FULCRUM ARTS) — people's pottery project
Charles R Whitney Charitable FoundationGrosse Pointe Farms, MI
3 matching grants · $15,000 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to Pewabic Pottery — unrestricted contribution to charitable organization
Largest: $4,520 to THISTLE HILLS INC — pottery classes fund
Associated Glass and PotteryWilliamstown, WVCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $212,500 · through 2022Largest: $150,000 to MUSEUM OF CERAMICS FOUNDATION — the assoc glass / pottery mfgers oper endow with income generated used for the oper of museum
This is one keyword. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — population, methods, outcomes — then explains why each funder fits.
Start with one paperSearch by location
Local foundations often favor nearby communities. Enter a ZIP code to see foundations based near you, and where grant money has actually landed in your area.
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →